イデアが溢れて眠れない – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Vaundy

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through Vaundy’s lyrics is an excellent way to grasp modern, rhythmic, and highly idiomatic vocabulary. This song is special because it uses vivid, relatable imagery to describe abstract feelings, providing a modern look at conversational Japanese in a fast-paced musical context.

[English]

Composer: Vaundy

Somehow or other

The dislike started to win over

But I've come to like

The world where only I exist, just a little

Words

Dance through the air in my brain with eyes closed

I can't settle them

But I started to hear something in my mind

...

"After losing everything,

Let's go on a journey that never ends"

Because you said that

My heart...

...

Started racing!

...

Beyond this

Coincidence, beyond inevitability, words transcend even the light

Beyond this

Ceiling, beyond the stars, beyond the universe, across the galaxies

...

It will surely remain

Let's reach out and wait for the future

The orbit flowing

Across my eyelids is always the same

This idea will probably draw it out

Let's put on our shoes and wait for the future

...

Ideas are still overflowing, and I can't sleep

...

Somehow or other

I feel like I understand what love is

But I also realized

That it's something only I can understand

Words

In a flash so bright they couldn't be heard

Now, only I

Was accelerating to a speed where I could see it

...

"And then, within this journey..."

Because you said that

My heart...

...

Started racing!

...

Beyond this

Coincidence, beyond inevitability, words transcend even the light

Beyond this

Ceiling, beyond the stars, beyond the universe, across the galaxies

...

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

...

I'll make sure not to forget

The clear blue sky, and that song that drifted through the school building

"Time is a scene captured by light,

A faint moment that slipped through my fingers"

I'll make sure not to forget

The revolution, and the life created by my own trajectory

...

I'll make sure not to forget

...

Beyond this

Coincidence, beyond inevitability, words transcend even the light

Beyond this

Ceiling, beyond the stars, beyond the universe, across the galaxies

Beyond this

Light of coincidence, light of inevitability, fate transcends order

Beyond this

Light of the ceiling, light of the stars, light of the universe, across the galaxies

...

It will surely remain

Let's reach out and wait for the future

The orbit flowing

Across my eyelids is always the same

This idea will probably draw it out

Let's put on our shoes and wait for the future

...

Ideas are still overflowing, and I can't sleep

...

Right?

...

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

Ideas are overflowing, and I can't sleep

...

Right?

[Japanese]

作曲 : Vaundy

そこはかとなく

嫌いが勝つようになったね

でも僕だけが

いる世界が少し好きになった

言葉が

瞳閉じた僕の脳、宙を舞い

ととのえない

僕の脳になんか聞こえてきた

「全てを失ったその後で

この先は終わらない旅をしよう」

君がそう言うから

胸が

ドキドキしだしたよ！

この

偶然の先、必然の先、言葉は光すらも超えて

この

天井の先、星々の先、宇宙の先、銀河を超えて

間違いなく残るでしょう

袖伸ばして未来を待とう

僕の瞼流る

軌道はいつも同じ

このイデアが描くでしょう

靴を履いて未来を待とう

まだ、イデアが溢れて眠れない

そこはかとなく

愛が何かわかる気がして

でも僕だけが

わかることなんだってわかったんだ

言葉が

聞き取れぬほどの閃光に

今僕だけが

見える速度まで加速していた

「あとはそう、この旅の中で」

君がそう言うから

胸が

ドキドキしだしたよ！

この

偶然の先、必然の先、言葉は光すらも超えて

この

天井の先、星々の先、宇宙の先、銀河を超えて

イデアが溢れて眠れない

イデアが溢れて眠れない

イデアが溢れて眠れない

イデアが溢れて眠れない

忘れないでおこう

晴天と、この校舎に流れたあの曲を

「時は、光をとらえた情景の

掴みあぐねた、淡い一瞬と」

忘れないでおこう

公転と、僕の軌跡が生み出す人生を

忘れないでおこう

この

偶然の先、必然の先、言葉は光すらも超えて

この

天井の先、星々の先、宇宙の先、銀河を超えて

この

偶然の光、必然の光、運命は秩序を超えて

この

天井の光、星々の光、宇宙の光、銀河を超えて

間違いなく残るでしょう

袖伸ばして未来を待とう

僕の瞼流る

軌道はいつも同じ

このイデアが描くでしょう

靴を履いて未来を待とう

まだ、イデアが溢れて眠れない

よね

イデアが溢れて眠れない

イデアが溢れて眠れない

イデアが溢れて眠れない

イデアが溢れて眠れない

よね

Key Grammar Structures

• 嫌いが勝つようになったね

  ➔ Verb-dict/dictionary + ようになる

  ➔ Used to indicate a gradual change in state over time. "ようになった" implies that the speaker has reached a point where dislike prevails.

• 君がそう言うから

  ➔ Noun/Sentence + から (reason)

  ➔ Used to denote a cause or reason. Here, "君がそう言う" (you say so) is the reason for the feeling described next.

• 間違いなく残るでしょう

  ➔ Verb + でしょう (conjecture/high probability)

  ➔ Expresses a high degree of certainty or a confident conjecture. "間違いなく" (without a doubt) reinforces this.

• 聞き取れぬほどの閃光

  ➔ Verb-negative (Classical/Literary) + ぬ (not)

  ➔ The suffix "ぬ" is a classical Japanese negative form. Used here to add a poetic, sophisticated tone.

• わかることなんだってわかったんだ

  ➔ ～んだ (explanatory/emphatic)

  ➔ Used at the end of a sentence to provide an explanation or to emphasize a realization. "わかったんだ" highlights the moment of understanding.

• 忘れないでおこう

  ➔ Verb-te + おく (to do in advance/for later)

  ➔ Indicates doing something in preparation or for future benefit. Here, it implies keeping the memory safe for the future.

• 見える速度まで加速していた

  ➔ ～まで (extent/limit)

  ➔ Indicates the degree or point reached. The acceleration reached the point where it was "visible".

• イデアが溢れて眠れない

  ➔ Potential form (眠れる/眠れない)

  ➔ Expresses ability or lack thereof. "眠れない" means "cannot sleep" due to the overflowing "Idea".